Tuesday 20 April 2010 11.45 EDT
First published on Tuesday 20 April 2010 11.45 EDT

Channel 4 and Channel Five are jumping on the volcano bandwagon with documentaries about the impact of the Icelandic eruption and the British Airways jet that survived a volcanic ash cloud nearly 30 years ago .

The Volcano That Stopped Britain – a working title – is to be broadcast next week by Channel 4. The independent producer Pioneer has already sent a film crew to Iceland to shoot footage of the Eyjafjallajökull eruption.

Five has bought Volcanic Ash: Flight of Terror from National Geographic, which originally aired it. It has been reversioned for the current crisis by Five's commissioning editor, factual, Matt Bennett.

Five's documentary tells the story of a British Airways 747 flight to Australia in 1982, which had all four engines knocked out after flying into a cloud of volcanic ash over Indonesia. Flight of Terror will air at 10pm tomorrow on Five.

Eric Moody, the 747's pilot, famously tells passengers: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get it under control. I trust you are not in too much distress."

Channel 4's documentary will explore the geological and scientific background behind the eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano, the dangers posed by the ash and the effects that it has on aircraft and aviation, as well as exploring the impacts of further possible eruptions to the UK, Europe and the world.

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